Mind and Memory talks begin Jan. 21

The Mind and Memory: Exploring Creativity in the Arts and Sciences course begins this month at Cornell and runs through April. The brainchild of Cornell emeritus professor and author James McConkey, the course features weekly lectures by distinguished members of the Cornell faculty and other creative people from a wide range of disciplines.

Lectures are Mondays from 2:55 to 4:10 p.m. in 155 Olin Hall and are free and open to the public.

This year's speakers and their topics are:

• Jan. 21: Sandra Steingraber, visiting assistant professor of biology, poet, "Breaking Taboos: Writing About Birth and Death."
• Jan. 28: Richard Schechner, A.D. White Professor-at Large, theater director and theorist, "Performance Practice/Performance Theory."
• Feb. 4: Virginia Utermohlen, associate professor of nutrition, "crEATING: How Eating Becomes Creating."
• Feb. 11: Barbara Page, Ithaca-based freelance painter, "Killing Time and Creating Space."
• Feb. 18: James Maas, professor of psychology, "Do you want to know the secret of life?"
• Feb. 25: Charles Trautmann, Ithaca Sciencenter director, adjunct associate professor, "Inspiring Youth Through Science."
• March 4: Jim Self, senior lecturer, theatre, film and dance, "THE BODY and THE BODY of WORK: Posing the Question."
• March 11: Michael Spivey, assistant professor of psychology, "Creativity Within the Constraints of Cognitive Science."
• March 25: Bill T. Jones, New York City-based choreographer, "The Delirious Engine: How and Why, Why and How?"
• April 1: Sheila Danko, associate professor of design, "MLK Jr. Memorial Design Competition Entry."
• April 8: Paula Horrigan, associate professor of landscape architecture, "Creating Landscapes: Real and Imagined."
• April 15: Kenneth McClane, professor of English, poet, "What I'm Not."
• April 22: to be announced.
• April 29: Katy Payne, visiting fellow, Laboratory of Ornithology, "Listening to Elephants."

For information contact course leader Joyce Morgenroth, at jdm9@cornell.edu or 254-2744, or Bruce Levitt, faculty chair of the Cornell Council for the Arts, at bal5@cornell.edu or 254-2739.